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Table 1 Weighted analysis of demographic characteristics of migrants

From: Respondent-driven sampling on the Thailand-Cambodia border. II. Knowledge, perception, practice and treatment-seeking behaviour of migrants in malaria endemic zones

Variables

Cambodian

Myanmar

 

M1*

n = 350

% (95% CI)

M2

** n = 475

% (95% CI)

M1

* n = 871

% (95% CI)

M2

** n = 19

% (95% CI)

Total

28.3% (25.5-33.3)

71.7% (66.7-74.5)

97.3% (95.8-98.6)

2.7% (1.4-4.2)

Age

    

≤ 25 years

38.8% (31.6-46.5)

50.1% (45.7-54.6)

48.8% (45.4-53.1)

60.1% (39.4-90.1)

26 - 35 years

31.6% (25.4-38.1)

27.1% (23.2-31.1)

29.8% (26.0-32.8)

16.0% (0.0-35.4)

36 - 45 years

18.8% (14.2-24.5)

19.0% (15.4-22.9)

15.2% (13.2-17.9)

2.9% (0.0-5.3)

>45 years

10.8% (7.0-14.4)

3.8% (2.0-6.2)

6.2% (4.4-7.7)

21.0% (0.0-39.5)

Gender

    

Male

51.5% (45.7-60.9)

64.6% (60.9-69.5)

56.5% (52.7-60.3)

38.1% (9.9-67.0)

Female

48.5% (39.1-54.3)

35.4% (30.5-39.1)

43.5% (39.7-47.3)

61.9% (33.1-90.2)

Marital Status

    

Single

30.9% (22.5-37.4)

38.0% (33.1-42.2)

32.5% (28.6-36.3)

53.0% (27.7-83.4)

Married

61.7% (55.9-70.4)

58.1% (53.3-63.1)

65.8% (62.1-69.8)

45.7% (16.6-72.4)

Married, not living together

2.0% (0.4-4.0)

1.2% (0.3-2.7)

0.6% (0.3-0.9)

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Divorced

1.0% (0.0-1.9)

1.2% (0.2-2.0)

0.4% (0.0-0.8)

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Widowed

4.4% (2.1-6.7)

1.5% (0.5-2.8)

0.7% (0.3-1.2)

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Education level

    

No education

22.3% (17.7-27.5)

34.7% (30.3-39.5)

33.1% (29.4-36.8)

39.8% (12.3-62.5)

≤Primary School

58.1% (52.4-65.3)

52.2% (48.1-56.5)

62.5% (58.9-66.3)

60.2% (37.6-87.7)

>Primary School

19.6% (14.3-23.6)

20.5% (16.8-24.9)

4.3% (2.9-5.9)

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Ethnic Group

    

Karen

---

---

1.3% (0.3-2.5)

---

Mon

---

---

86.7% (83.6-89.7)

100%

Burmese

---

---

11.8% (.1-14.8)

---

Other

---

---

0.2 (0.0-0.5)

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Languages spoken

    

Thai

55.7% (48.9-63.0)

17.5% (14.1-20.4)

76.9% (74.2-80.0)

15.8% (4.0-36.3)

Khmer

99.6% (99.2-100)

99.7% (99.3-100)

0.3% (0.0-0.5)

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Burmese

---

---

54.5% (51.0-58.5)

69.2% (42.1-93.1)

Mon

---

---

93.8% (81.6-95.9)

76.9% (49.2-100)

Karen

---

---

1.6% (0.6-3.0)

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Languages read

    

Thai

13.5% (9.4-17.9)

2.3% (0.9-3.9)

4.7% (3.1-6.2)

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Khmer

75.9% (70.6-80.9)

64.0% (59.5-69.1)

---

---

Burmese

---

---

45.1% (41.3-49.4)

47.9% (24.6-81.0)

Mon

---

---

31.9% (28.2-35.6)

21.0% (7.6-43.5)

Karen

---

---

0.3% (0.0-0.8)

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  1. * Has lived in Thailand for 6 or more months; ** Has lived in Thailand for less than 6 months